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His chest expanded. He raised his face
toward the heavens and opened his mouth to voice a strange, weird
cry that seemed screaming within him for outward expression, but
no sound passed his lips--he just stood there for a full minute,
his face turned toward the sky, his breast heaving to the pent
emotion, like an animate statue of vengeance.
The silence which marked the first great kill of the son of Tarzan
was to typify all his future kills, just as the hideous victory
cry of the bull ape had marked the kills of his mighty sire.


Chapter 7


Akut, discovering that the boy was not close behind him, turned back
to search for him. He had gone but a short distance in return when
he was brought to a sudden and startled halt by sight of a strange
figure moving through the trees toward him. It was the boy, yet
could it be? In his hand was a long spear, down his back hung an
oblong shield such as the black warriors who had attacked them had
worn, and upon ankle and arm were bands of iron and brass, while
a loin cloth was twisted about the youth's middle.


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